![]() ![]() He and his family traveled much throughout his childhood: By the time he turned 7, the family had moved a total of five times. He was the younger brother of Jack Haldeman (who would also go on to become a science fiction author). Joe Haldeman was born on June 9, 1943, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One of the authors included in the book wrote the one Military SF novel that I hold above all others: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. ![]() The result was War Stories: New Military Science Fiction, and it just came out earlier this week. With a past decade of conflict, there's an entirely new generation of soldiers who have experienced war, and that was something we wanted to examine. A couple of years ago, I spoke with a friend of mine, Jaym Gates, and we hatched a plan to co-edit an anthology, one that captured what we liked about Military SF, but with stories that were a bit more relevant than stories from the middle of the century. I read Starship Troopers and Ender's Game numerous times over the years, and remain impressed each time I read them I find them as interesting as I they were on their first read. Ever since I started reading science fiction, I’ve been fascinated by military science fiction. ![]()
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